Faculty of Social Sciences - Child and Youth Studies

Frances Owen, Ph.D., C. Psych.

Frances Owen is a psychologist interested in the relationship between organizational systems and clinical practice, and issues related to mental health promotion and intervention in children, youth, adults and families . She has professional experience in children’s mental health, developmental services and schools. Her research focuses human rights and community engagement of persons with intellectual disabilities, deinstitutionalization, inter-organizational and interdisciplinary partnerships in community services.

Research Interests:

Systemic issues in clinical practice

Prevention of abuse and promotion of human rights in persons with intellectual disabilities

Nature and development of organizational citizenship behaviour in counsellors and other helping professionals

Saaltink, R., MacKinnon, G., Owen, F. and Tardif-Williams, C. (2012), Protection, participation and protection through participation: young people with intellectual disabilities and decision making in the family context. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 56: 1076–1086. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2012.01649.x

Mullins, L., Owen, F., Griffiths, D., & Sales, C. (2009, June). A systemic analysis of cultural and behavioural changes in response to a rights training initiative in an association for community living. Poster presentation at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal, QC.

Danbrook, M. C., Owen, F., Frijters, J., & Rose-Krasnor, L. (2009, June). Preschool children with and without communication delays: The Change in their parents' reports of challenging behaviour, parental hassles and conflict. Poster Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal, QC

Tardif-Willams, C.Y., Tarulli, D., Owen, F., Feldman, M., Sales, C., Griffiths, D., & Vyrostko, B. (March, 2007). Identifying developmental trends in the rights concerns of children who have intellectual disabilities and their family members. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRDC), Biennial Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.

Owen, F., Griffiths, D., Sales, C., & Lindenbaum, L. (2001, October). Discovering and Building intellectual capital: Strengthening the foundation of services for persons with dual diagnosis. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the National Association for Dual Diagnosis, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Owen, F., Griffiths, D., Sales, C., & Lindenbaum, L. (2000, November). Developing learning organizations: A key to building an effective team providing services to persons with a dual diagnosis. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the National Association for Dual Diagnosis, San Francisco, California.